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Does anyone else feel like IG may be jumping the shark by pushing the business angle so hard? This probably sounds ridiculous given their explosive growth, grow

Does anyone else feel like IG may be jumping the shark by pushing the business angle so hard? This probably sounds ridiculous given their explosive growth, growth that may seem unstoppable at this point. But, BUT, at what point do we all stop and realize that we are choosing to stare at ads all the time? Seriously, what portion of the posts on IG are either overt ads or veiled (artistic) ads? That percentage seems to grow with every post. Remember where IG started and what it exposed us to? I barely do.

flyt 10y ago
Unfollowing is just as easy as following. If somebody chooses to follow an account that ultimately posts too many ads then they can quickly and painlessly unfollow. The grey area is sponsored content that doesn't identify itself as such and is incredibly common on celebrity twitter/IG accounts. As long as the relationship is clearly identified (and not with an #ad hashtag buried in a pile of other hashtags) I think it's ok.
- ericzawo 10y ago
  Actually it takes one extra tap from my count. :)
- technotarek 10y ago
  That grey area is largely what I'm referring to. That, and also hashtag feeds that start as creative outlets and then get saturated with both transparent and veiled advertising. For example, in DC, #aCreativeDC is a very popular hashtag that is full of advertising of some form, albeit often artistic and well done advertising. The same is true for other popular "lifestyle" hashtags (e.g, #nyfoodies etc etc).
- golergka 10y ago
  Eh, no. I got my Instagram account hacked a while ago and found myself following all kinds of irrelevant people; but after you unfollow a few dozens in a row, unfollow functionality just stops working. So, every time I try to get back to instagram, login, unfollow as many of these assholes as I can, run into this limit and then just give up.

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Does anyone else feel like IG may be jumping the shark by pushing the business angle so hard? This probably sounds ridiculous given their explosive growth, grow

by technotarek 10y ago

flyt 10y ago
Unfollowing is just as easy as following. If somebody chooses to follow an account that ultimately posts too many ads then they can quickly and painlessly unfollow. The grey area is sponsored content that doesn't identify itself as such and is incredibly common on celebrity twitter/IG accounts. As long as the relationship is clearly identified (and not with an #ad hashtag buried in a pile of other hashtags) I think it's ok.
- ericzawo 10y ago
  Actually it takes one extra tap from my count. :)
- technotarek 10y ago
  That grey area is largely what I'm referring to. That, and also hashtag feeds that start as creative outlets and then get saturated with both transparent and veiled advertising. For example, in DC, #aCreativeDC is a very popular hashtag that is full of advertising of some form, albeit often artistic and well done advertising. The same is true for other popular "lifestyle" hashtags (e.g, #nyfoodies etc etc).
- golergka 10y ago
  Eh, no. I got my Instagram account hacked a while ago and found myself following all kinds of irrelevant people; but after you unfollow a few dozens in a row, unfollow functionality just stops working. So, every time I try to get back to instagram, login, unfollow as many of these assholes as I can, run into this limit and then just give up.